Poor fuel economy

kad69 Learner Dubber

2 posts · joined Jul 2008 · 6 Jul 2008, 8:37 am

#656051

Hi dudes, my 82' EFI Kombi Bus is running great but unfortunatly is using to much juice 6klm/l . Had dyno tune done. Motor was reco and has not many k's since. Has anyone else had issues with economy??

Pastit Seriously Crusin Dubber

150 posts · joined Feb 2008 · 6 Jul 2008, 9:17 am

#656057

You running lower profile tyres or smaller rims? What did you get before?

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Jul 2008, 10:35 am

#656077

round the city i wouldnt expect much more than that

What are you expecting out of it?

If that is what you getting on a run out of an empty manual van then there is a problem
but that is fine for an auto camper or bus round the city

Futue te ipsum!!!

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 6 Jul 2008, 1:01 pm

#656097

geez if thats normal they like to drink !

maybe wait until you have a few more K's on it..................the 'run in' period will probably chew more fuel.

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 6 Jul 2008, 10:26 pm

#656208

my t3 was a juice greedy so i uped the rear tyers for long trips i ended up having 2 sets of wheeles and tyers worked for me

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kad69 Learner Dubber

2 posts · joined Jul 2008 · 10 Jul 2008, 7:41 am

#656699

forgot to mention it's a manual n tyres are 235 75 15 rear 215 75 15 front which i've allowed for when calculating also will see if more running in will get some improvement. i'll check speedo again. i'll see if i can put a pic up in my profile